Zimbabwe
Subtitle: years of hope and despair
By: Philip Barclay
Edition: Pbk. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781408809785
Subjects: Politics and government; Social conditions; Diplomats; Political corruption; Economic conditions; Political violence; History
Description: Zimbabwe is a country both blessed and cursed. Arriving to work at the British Embassy in Zimbabwe, Philip Barclay found a temperate paradise and a sophisticated and charming population. But during a three-year stay in what used to be Africa's finest country, he saw it ruined by violence and grotesque economic mismanagement.
Notes: Originally published: 2010.

"With a new postscript"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The battleground; title: Posturing and positioning; title: March 2008 : the defeat of Robert Mugabe; title: Waiting for Gono; title: The unconquerable will; title: Red soil; title: Crocodile tears; title: Shaking hands and touching elbows; title: Faint hope; title: Moving on; title: Postscript to the 2011 edition.